Three lamp columns to esplanade, west of South Parade Pier is a Grade II listed building in the Portsmouth local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 March 1999. Lamp column.

Three lamp columns to esplanade, west of South Parade Pier

WRENN ID
half-casement-onyx
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Portsmouth
Country
England
Date first listed
18 March 1999
Type
Lamp column
Source
Historic England listing

Description

Lamp columns. Erected in around the early C20 probably by Drew-Bear, Ransome and Perks, Engineers, London.

MATERIALS: cast-iron columns with glass lanterns.

DESCRIPTION: three lamp columns spaced at intervals. Each a tall round column with an ornate fluted pedestal with a moulded base and cap upon which is set a bulbous iron leaf motif surmounted by a further fluted column, then the main cast-iron column which has a Corinthian capital two-thirds up. The top of the column is surmounted by ornate moulded and fretted ironwork with the Portsmouth City crest at the centre and paired swan neck arms supporting two lanterns. Original lanterns are hexagonal iron-framed glass lanterns. The pedestal of the columns hold the manufacturers plate and another Portsmouth city crest. These lamp columns are currently (2022) numbered 33 to 35.

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